Publications

Coburn, W. J. (under review). Attitudes, Attitudes, Attitudes: Commentary on Daniel Perlitz’ “Before Empathy and Selfobject Experience: The Traits and Attitudes of a Self Psychologist”. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, Vol. No.

Coburn, W. J. & Maduro, P. N. (2026). Freedom and Free Will in Psychoanalysis: Prologue. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 46 No. 3.

Coburn, W. J. & Maduro, P. N. (2026). Freedom and Free Will in Psychoanalysis: Epilogue. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 46 No. 3.

Coburn, W. J. (2025). In Memoriam: Donna Orange’s Legacy of Ethics and Compassion. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, Vol. 20, No. 4.

Coburn, W. J. (2025). Chasing The Tipping Point: Complexity Theory in The Clinical Surround–Introduction. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Coburn, W. J. (2024). Freedom and Self-Ownership: An Emergence Theory of Free Will. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context. Vol. 19, No. 2.

Coburn, W. (2021). Being In Uncertainties, Mysteries, Doubts: Commentary on Marks-Tarlow’s “A Fractal Epistemology for Transpersonal Psychology.” International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, Vol. 39, No. 1-2.

Coburn, W. (2021). Relationalizing Self Psychology: Commentary on Magid, Fosshage and Shane’s The Emerging Paradigm of Relational Self Psychology: An Historical Perspective. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, Vol. 16, No. 4.

Coburn, W. (2021). Inscrutable To Myself. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, Vol. 16, No. 3.

Coburn, W. J. (2020). Horsing Around: Commentary on Joachim Sehrbrock’s “Social Thirdness: Intersubjective Conceptions of the Experience of Prejudice.” Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, Vol. 15, No. 3.

Coburn, W. J. (2019). An Imaginative Turn In Psychoanalysis: Commentary on Peter Maduro’s “In Defense of Illusion: Creative Agency, or The Imagination, In The Tolerance of Existential Anxiety and Grief” Psychoanalysis, Self and Context. Vol. 14, No. 2

Coburn, W. J. (2019). A Most Complex Paradox: Rethinking The Individual. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 39, No. 1.

Coburn, W. J. (2017). Commensurability and Incommensurability of Paradigms Among Theories and Persons. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context (formerly International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology), Vol. 12, No. 2.

Coburn, W. J. (2017). The Principle of Necessity, and the Necessity of Principle: Commentary On Steve Stern’s paper, “Holistic Thinking and Therapeutic Action: Building on Louis Sander’s Contribution.” Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 27 , No. 1.

Coburn, W. J. (2016). The Complexity of Dyadic Specificity: A Discussion of Howard Bacal’s “Beyond Transference and Countertransference: The Dyadic Specificity of Psychoanalytic Process.” International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology Journal Club.

Coburn, W. J. (2015). Times Spent In The Woods: Discussion of Frank Summers’ “The Expressive Turn in Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy.” International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology Journal Club.

Coburn, W. J. & Frie, R. (2014). Acknowledgements and Gratitude. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. Vol 9, No 1.

Coburn, W. J. (2012). Search Yourself: Commentary on Kenneth Frank’s “Strangers To Ourselves: Exploring the Limits and Potentials of the Analyst’s Self Awareness in Self- and Mutual Analysis.” Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Vol 22, No 3.

Coburn, W. J. (2011). Acknowledgement and Gratitude. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. Vol 6, No 4.

Coburn, W. J. (2011). Learning From Distributed Experience: Discussion of Carol Levin’s “Soft Assembly: Expanding the Field of Therapeutic Actions in My Training Analysis,” Psychoanalytic Inquiry.

Coburn, W. J. (2011). A Warrior’s Stance: A Commentary on Marks-Tarlow’s “Merging and Emerging: A Nonlinear Portrait of Intersubjectivity during Psychotherapy”. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol 21, No 1.

Coburn, W. J. (2011). More Light for A Darker Age: Contextualist sensibilities in child and adolescent treatment. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Vol 6, No 1.

Coburn, W. J. (2010). Passion and gratitude in psychoanalysis. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Vol 5, No 4.

Coburn, W. J. (2010). Contextualizing Individuality and Therapeutic Action in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Chapter 8, in Persons In Context: The Challenge of Individuality in Theory and Practice, Eds. Frie, R. & Coburn, W. J., New York: Routledge.

Coburn, W. J. & Frie, R. (2010). The Challenge of Individuality: Introduction, in Persons In Context: The Challenge of Individuality in Theory and Practice, Eds. Frie, R. & Coburn, W. J., New York: Routledge.

Coburn, W. J. (co-editor with VanDerHeide, N.) (2009). Introduction, in Self and Systems: Explorations In Contemporary  Self Psychology. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1159.

Coburn, W. J. (2009). Editor’s Acknowledgement. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Fall Issue.

Coburn, W. J. (2009). Foreword: The Life and Forward-Edge of Marian Tolpin, International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Supplemental (Summer) Issue, 4 (supplemental).

Coburn, W. J. (2009). Attitudes In Psychoanalytic Complexity: An Alternative to Postmodernism In Psychoanalysis. in Beyond Postmodernism: New Dimensions in Clinical Theory and Practice, ed. R. Frie & D. Orange. New York: Routledge Press.

Coburn, W. J. (2008). Editor’s Acknowledgement. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Fall Issue.

Coburn, W. J. & Shane, E. (2008). Recognizing recognition in self psychology. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 3(2).

Coburn, W. J. (2008). Introduction. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 3:1.

Coburn, W. J. (2007). Editor’s Acknowledgement. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Fall Issue.

Coburn, W. J. (2007). Symposium on Loss, Recovery and Analytic Transformation: Prologue. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, vol. 2, no. 4.

Coburn, W. J. (2007). What Is A Weeble Anyway, and What Is A Wobble Too? A discussion of Phyllis DiAmbrosio’s paper, Weeble Wobbles: Resilience within the Psychoanalytic Situation. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, vol. 2, no. 4.

Coburn, W. J. (2007). Don’t Drag Me Around: The Phenomenology of Complexity In Group Psychotherapy. Commentary on Robert Grossmark’s “The Edge of Chaos: Enactment, Disruption and Emergence In Group Psychotherapy.” Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 17, No. 4.

Coburn, W. J. (2007). Contextualist Sensibilities: A Discussion of Judith Pickles Case. Psychoanalytic Inquiry. 27 (2)

Coburn, W. J. (2007). Psychoanalytic complexity: Pouring new wine directly into one’s mouth. Chapter 1, in New Developments in Self Psychology Practice, ed. P. Buirski and A. Kottler, Jason Aronson.

Coburn, W. J. (2006). Terminations, self-states and complexity in psychoanalysis: A discussion of Jody Messler Davies’ “Transformations of Desire and Despair: Reflections on the Termination Process from A Relational Perspective.” Psychoanalytic Dialogues.

Coburn, W. J. (2006). Editor’s Note. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Fall Issue.

Coburn, W. J. (2006). Editor’s Introduction for “Finding Renee: A Clinical Symposium in Four Parts.” International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Vol. 1, No. 2.

Coburn, W. J. (2006). Introduction: Self Psychology After Kohut: One Theory or Too Many? International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Coburn, W. J. (2005). Discussion of James L. Fosshage’s “The Explicit and Implicit Domains In Psychoanalytic Change.” PsyBC Online Colloquium moderated by Daniel Hill.

Coburn, W. J. (2004). Introduction, Progress In Self Psychology, William J. Coburn, Ed., Vol. 20, Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.

Coburn, W. J. (2002). A world of systems: The role of systemic patterns of experience in the therapeutic process. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 22, No. 5.

Coburn, W. J. & Shane, E. (2002). Prologue. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 22, No. 5.

Coburn, W. J. & Shane, E. (2002). Epilogue. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Vol. 22, No. 5.

Coburn, W. J. (2001). Subjectivity, Emotional Resonance and The Sense of The Real, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol. 18, No. 2.

Coburn, W. J. (2001). Review of Steven H. Knoblauch’s The Musical Edge of The Therapeutic Dialogue, Psychologist-Psychoanalyst (official publication of the American Psychological Association, Division 39, Psychoanalysis), Vol. XXI, No. 3, 2001.

Coburn, W. J. (2001). Transference-countertransference dynamics and disclosure. In The supervisory alliance: Facilitating the psychotherapist’s learning experience. Susan Gill (Ed), Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc, pp. 215-232.

Coburn, W. J. (2000). “News from the Western Region,” Self Psychology News Letter, June.

Coburn, W. J. (2000). The organizing forces of contemporary psychoanalysis: Reflections on nonlinear dynamic systems theory. Psychoanalytic Psychology, Vol. 17, No. 3.

Coburn, W. J. (1999). Attitudes of embeddedness and transcendence in psychoanalysis: Subjectivity, self-experience and countertransference. Journal of The American Academy of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 26, No. 2.

Coburn, W. J. (1999). An instrument of possibilities: A discussion of Dorthy Levinson’s and George Atwood’s paper, “A Life of One’s Own: A Case Study of The Loss and Restoration of The Sense of Personal Agency.” Progress In Self Psychology, Vol. 15, 1999.

Coburn, W. J. (1998). Patient unconscious communication and analyst narcissistic vulnerability in the countertransference experience. Progress In Self Psychology (ed., Arnold Goldberg), Vol. 14, 1998.

Coburn, W. J. (1997). The vision in supervision: transference-countertransference dynamics and disclosure in the supervision relationship. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Vol. 61, No. 4 (Fall).

Coburn, W. J. (1990). Countertransference with couples and families. The California Therapist, May/June.